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The Asia IT&C Programme has been launched by the European Commission to support mutually beneficial partnerships in IT&C between Europe and Asia. It promotes IT&C co-operation between European and Asian organisations - particularly Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) - and aims to link Asia with Europe in the search for compatible IT&C solutions and standards. The Programme will undertake to realise a long-lasting relationship between Europe and Asia, in which partnerships and joint innovations of mutual relevance may flourish. In achieving its objectives, Asia IT&C will co-finance projects operating in the following eight Areas of Activity:
It is envisaged that the contribution to be made by the application of IT&C in these specific Areas will boost the integration of participating countries and territories into the global Information Society. The first Call for proposals is now open - the next deadline for submission of proposals is 15th January 2001.
Further Information?: Detailed information on
how to participate, application forms and application procedure
see the Asia IT&C Web
site
and
the
European Commission Web site
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An experimental web-based art on self and identity with religional and philosophical concept and empirical experience. It explores the possibility of presenting the subject with visual and audio elements. Furthermore, it aims to provide a space for subject discussion and experience sharing.
Further Information?: See the exhibition at
<http://meditation-space.tripod.com>
or
contact Alison Tang
The exhibition runs from September 1st to November 30th
2000.
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The original papers and their translation into English / Russian are now available on the website of the EU - Russian State Library Information Project. The more than 50 papers from speakers from 21 countries present a rich and valuable source of information on trends in digital library development. Non-Russian speakers in particular will be interested in gaining a comprehensive picture of library policies and activities in the Russian Federation. The website also contains the bilingual "Moscow Manifesto" with the recommendations for digital library, museum and archive development in Russia.
Further Information?: See the Tacis Web site
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The Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) is a comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources. It contains links to on-line museums all over Europe and the rest of the world.
Further Information?: To search the museums
available see the VLmp main
search page
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UK culture Secretary Chris Smith today set out his vision of a new, interactive future for culture and the arts in the UK. Under plans announced on 28th September, children in schools and people at home will be able to explore - and interact with - the cream of the UK's national museum and gallery collections, films, music and stage performances.
Culture Online (COL) will use the latest technology - via the Internet and other digital platforms - to present and explain the best of our culture and heritage as a key resource for schools and an ever-expanding reference work for everyone. In future, for example, a child studying Shakespeare's Macbeth will be able to download the text, watch a performance of the play online, take part in discussion groups with other students and a recent Director of the play, call up costume designs and programmes from past performances - and all without leaving their PC terminal or digital TV.
The project, which is a central part of the e-government strategy, is currently in its development stage with £5million of funding to determine how to proceed. After development, further significant amounts could be available from the Capital Modernisation Fund to deliver the project.
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The Museum Domain Management Association (MDMA) with its two founder members the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in Paris and the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles submitted an application on 2 October 2000 with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the establishment of a .museum top level domain (TLD). This action was taken for the benefit of the museum community world-wide and for the Internet itself. This new TLD would give museums the possibility of registering Internet addresses with a distinct museum identity and would allow the users of the Internet to recognize this as a sign of authenticity.
The TLD, if approved, could be used by any museum that does not yet have a domain identity. It could also be used by a museum in addition to any of its other Internet addresses, with extensions such as .org, .com or country-based addresses (.ca, .se), etc. Additional questions posed by museums are answered here under the Museum’s FAQ.
ICOM is the only global organization representing the interests of the museum world. ICOM’s definition of museum will govern the ability to register in the museum domain, and its leadership in policy making will give MDMA the opportunity to control and manage the domain for the museum community with the anticipated addition of value-added services for non-profit museums and their professional organizations.
Further Information?: Ths news is taken from the
Museum Domain Management Association
Web site.
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Where?: The State Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow
When?: 30 October - 3 November 2000
Source?: Emails from Monika Segbert
and Dmitriy Luchkin
Who Should Attend?: The Cultural Sector;
Museums, Galleries & Libraries; The Government Sector;
International Organisations; Tourism & Travel Sectors; Media
& Related Sectors; Technology & Visual Arts Research;
University & Research Organisations; Education Sector;
Hi-Tech Industries, SMEs especially from the Multimedia &
Internet sector
This conference, which is supported by the European Commission DGXIII, will take place for the third time in Moscow, and is expected to attract a wide range of experts from Russia, CIS, Europe. It will be an opportunity to get to know the full range of activities in the electronic visual arts sector of the dynamic and creative Russian cultural scene and allow many opportunities to discuss the issues of common international concern. Presentations and visits will lead to the discovery of the rich cultural life of Moscow in particular and Russia in general, and the digital activities of its libraries, museums and archives.
The EVA conference will be another important event to
strenghten the role of Russian libraries, museums and archives in
the creation of the Information Society, and to further
strenghten the links of international co-operation, as
recommended in the Moscow Manifesto
which resulted from the international conference "Managing the
Digital Future of Libraries" (Moscow 17-19.4.2000).
Further Information?: See the conference Web site
or
contact the organisers:
VASARI UK
JAMESRHEMSLEY@CIX.CO.UK
<http://www.vasari.co.uk/eva/>
Phone: +44 1252 653049, Fax: +44 1252 679386
CENTRE PIC, Moscow, Russia
LKU@ARTINFO.RU
Phone/Fax: +7 095 940 0284
THE STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY, Moscow,
Russia
<http://www.WWW.TRETYAKOV.RU>
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Where?: Gustav-Stresseman Institut, Bonn,
Germany
When?: 23 - 24th November 2000
Source?: Email from Manjula Patel
Implementation projects generally find that no one metadata standard will completely meet their descriptive needs. General standards such as Dublin Core must often be used alongside domain- or sector-specific standards such as MPEG-7 for multimedia and IEEE/LOM for educational resources; and new elements may be needed for local needs not covered by any of the existing standards. Recent practice distinguishes between the definition of semantics in "namespaces" (i.e. official standards) and the reuse and interpretation of those semantics in "application profiles". Application profiles are schemas that combine elements from multiple standards, perhaps with application-specific constraints.
This workshop will present the state of the art in constructing and publishing an application profile. It will look at how a profile may be declared in XML or RDF, especially in light of new metadata harvesters that support the indexing and browsing of standards and application profiles located on multiple Web servers.
Participants in the workshop will gain an understanding of the conceptual issues involved in ongoing debates about application profiles and come away with concrete guidelines for creating and publishing profiles for their own projects. The workshop will present the SCHEMAS Project registry which enables implementers to share information about their schema.
The workshop will conclude with a look at how schema harvesters may be used to harmonize metadata usage within a particular field or within a cluster of projects. Harmonisation of metadata usage is an essential foundation for the construction of federated digital libraries and portals.
Apart from the specific issues addressed in the workshop, this event is an opportunity for metadata schema developers from a wide range of domains to meet and discuss common problems and interoperable solutions.
SCHEMAS is an accompanying measure under the European Commission's IST programme, aiming to guide and educate metadata schema implementers about the status and proper use of new and emerging metadata standards, and to promote good-practice guidelines for adapting multiple standards or metadata modules for local use in customised schemas.
Further Information?: Information and the
booking form can be found at the SCHEMAs Web site
Deadline for applications: 1st November 2000,br/> The contact
for this workshop is Joy
Fraser
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Where?: Berlin
When?: 1 December 2000
Source?: Email from Teresa Hackett
A final concertation meeting for the EU TECUP project will take place in Berlin on Friday 1st December 2000 from 9.30-12.30. This meeting has been organised as a pre-conference to the European Conference of ICOLC.
The purpose of the concertation meeting is to present the TECUP project results, including a draft Memorandum of Understanding between key players in the information chain e.g. publishers, libraries, RROs, subscription agents, etc. in accordance with the aim of building a consensus amongst the parties involved. The findings of the technical and legal advisory groups will also be presented.
Further Information?: Information on TECUP
and the meeting can be found at the TECUP Web site
Online registration is available from 15th August 2000.
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There are more News Items and Events listed on the Cultivate
Web site.
http://www.cultivate-eu.org/newsandevents/
For information on European Jobs currently available see the Jobs section.
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Date of Page: 16 October 2000
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